diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go
index c002e33f2..87b9563e6 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go
@@ -32,22 +32,6 @@ const (
 	k8sVersionMinor = 20
 )
 
-var (
-	// DefaultVersionSet is the default version set, which includes only Core V1 ("v1").
-	DefaultVersionSet = allKnownVersions()
-
-	// DefaultCapabilities is the default set of capabilities.
-	DefaultCapabilities = &Capabilities{
-		KubeVersion: KubeVersion{
-			Version: fmt.Sprintf("v%d.%d.0", k8sVersionMajor, k8sVersionMinor),
-			Major:   strconv.Itoa(k8sVersionMajor),
-			Minor:   strconv.Itoa(k8sVersionMinor),
-		},
-		APIVersions: DefaultVersionSet,
-		HelmVersion: helmversion.Get(),
-	}
-)
-
 // Capabilities describes the capabilities of the Kubernetes cluster.
 type Capabilities struct {
 	// KubeVersion is the Kubernetes version.
@@ -102,3 +86,20 @@ func allKnownVersions() VersionSet {
 	}
 	return vs
 }
+
+// DefaultCapabilities returns the default set of capabilities.
+func DefaultCapabilities() *Capabilities {
+	return &Capabilities{KubeVersion: KubeVersion{
+		Version: fmt.Sprintf("v%d.%d.0", k8sVersionMajor, k8sVersionMinor),
+		Major:   strconv.Itoa(k8sVersionMajor),
+		Minor:   strconv.Itoa(k8sVersionMinor),
+	},
+		APIVersions: DefaultVersionSet(),
+		HelmVersion: helmversion.Get(),
+	}
+}
+
+// DefaultVersionSet is the default version set, which includes only Core V1 ("v1").
+func DefaultVersionSet() VersionSet {
+	return allKnownVersions()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go
index 7134abfc5..e80c14c9a 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ func TestVersionSet(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDefaultVersionSet(t *testing.T) {
-	if !DefaultVersionSet.Has("v1") {
+	if !DefaultVersionSet().Has("v1") {
 		t.Error("Expected core v1 version set")
 	}
 }
 
 func TestDefaultCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
-	kv := DefaultCapabilities.KubeVersion
+	kv := DefaultCapabilities().KubeVersion
 	if kv.String() != "v1.20.0" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected default KubeVersion.String() to be v1.20.0, got %q", kv.String())
 	}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestDefaultCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDefaultCapabilitiesHelmVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	hv := DefaultCapabilities.HelmVersion
+	hv := DefaultCapabilities().HelmVersion
 
 	if hv.Version != "v3.5" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected default HelmVersion to be v3.5, got %q", hv.Version)